Sports Top Stories
By CHRIS WIGHTMAN
May 20, 2024
SUMMIT, NJ -- Summit Baseball enters a critical week, taking on two divisional opponents, with Governor Livingston on Monday and Westfield on Tuesday. The team came into the week with a record of 16-4-1, beating Union in its only game last week, 8-1. Summit’s Luke Jacobson went four for ...
NEW JERSEY- The Madison baseball team received the No. 2 seed in the 2024 NJSIAA Baseball Tournament, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2. Madison will face No 15 seed Newark Central in the First Round on Thursday May 23. First Round match ups include: No. 1 Passaic Valley vs No. 16 ...
NEW JERSEY- The Morristown baseball team received the No. 12 seed in the 2024 NJSIAA Baseball Tournament, North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4. Morristown will face No 5 seed Barringer in the First Round on Thursday May 23. First Round match ups include: No. 1 seed Ridgewood vs No 16 ...
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta Little League Challenger Division baseball teams started their season with great fanfare. The Sparta High School marching band performed. The first pitch was thrown by Pope John senior Jake Holdwright, the 2023 “Buddy of the Year.” Sparta Police Department had several officers ...
SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. - In her victory at last fall’s Westchester County Championships, it took John Jay High School sophomore Sloan Wasserman just under eighteen and a half minutes to run the challenging 5K cross-country course at Newburg’s Hudson Valley Sports Dome. Last New Year’s Eve, at a ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Morristown High School boys tennis team competed in the Morris County Tournament over the weekend at Villa Walsh in Morristown. The Colonials tied for 11th place with Mountain Lakes with a team score of 6. Delbarton took home the title with a team score of 21, edging ...
MADISON, NJ -- The Madison High School boys tennis team competed in the Morris County Tournament over the weekend at Villa Walsh in Morristown. The Dodgers tied for 8th place with Morristown-Beard with a team score of 8. Delbarton took home the title with a team score of 21, edging runner-up ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- Wrestler Justin Perry of Bayonne placed first at the annual War at the Shore last month. He finished the weekend with four pin falls and a technical pin fall. Perry did not finish there. He competed in the M.A.W.A (Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association) Eastern region tournament.
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - This past weekend in Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School sports saw the boys volleyball team win their 6th straight Union County Championship, defeating Westfield in two sets (25-14, 25-19) on Friday, May 17. SPF baseball also won back-to-back home games on Friday, May 17, ...
BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The 28th annual Bernards Township Charter Day celebration, marking the 264th anniversary of the town's founding even before the American Revolution, kicked off on Saturday in downtown Basking Ridge. Despite light rain, the day brought out residents and visitors alike to enjoy ...
HALEDON, NJ - Paterson Charter's softball team dominated Manchester Regional on Saturday with a final score of 21-0. This win improved the Lions' record to 15-10 overall and 3-9 in the NJIC - Colonial division, while Manchester Regional fell to 4-16 overall and 0-10 in the division. In a game ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Bases loaded, nobody out, with the winning run at third base. That's what it came down to for the Chatham baseball team on "Senior Night" when the Cougars tied the game and needed to push across one run to win it in the bottom of the seventh on Friday night at Shunpike Field. But ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Madison's Ella Decaro collected five RBI's, a single and two triples and Beau Braverman scored three runs in Madison's 9-8 victory over Chatham on Saturday night at Shunpike Field. Madison (12-10) scored twice in the top of the seventh to plate the final two runs of the game ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved the expenditure of $55,800 to the Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County to run an Instructional Basketball Program in Lincoln Park in Jersey City and Washington Park in Hoboken. According to officials, the program will ...
WAYNE, NJ - The Morristown baseball team defeated Wayne Hills on Saturday 2-0. The Colonials ended their 2024 regular season with a record of 10-15. **Editor's Note- No stats were reported by Morristown* Sign up to get all the news as it happens at www.TAPinto.net/enews and follow ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater served as host to the 2024 Somerset County Boys & Girls Lacrosse Tournament finals May 18, in a championship doubleheader played at the Nap Torpey Athletic Complex. And for the second straight season, Pingry School’s boys and girls lacrosse teams both ended the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown softball team shut out Mountan Lakes Saturday night on Senior Night. Morristown will play their last regular season game on Monday May 20 when they face Whippany Park. It was the final game for seniors Callie Volker, Alexandra Barrett and Taylor ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Sofia Espaillat is that rare track and field athlete who excels in both running and in field events. Last week at the Union County Conference Championships, the junior from New Providence placed first in the Mountain Division javelin with a personal-best throw of ...
KENILWORTH, NJ -- Saturday, May 18, the Brearley Varsity Softball Team had a thrilling game, defeating Milford by 7-0. This win concludes Brearley's regular season with a 12-10 record. This game was extra momentous as it marked another significant milestone in Gia Pirozzi's softball career.
HACKENSACK, NJ – Another meet, two more school records for the Hasbrouck Heights track team as the Aviators competed at the County Seat Invitational Meet at Del Torre Stadium at Hackensack High School on Saturday. The boys captured first place in the meet, while the girls came in second. Both ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Guiliana Terranova went 3-for-4, including a grand slam and seven runs batted in, as Hasbrouck Heights defeated Cliffside Park, 10-0, in an independent girls softball game on Saturday at Hitchcock Field in Hasbrouck Heights. Terranova’s grand slam made the score 4-0 in ...
HAZLET, NJ -- Raritan scored six runs in the first inning and went on to a 10-0 softball victory over Red Bank on Saturday. Alexa Basile pitched four innings and allowed one hit for the victory, and Payton Fleming pitched one hitless inning and struck out three batters. Janelle Clausi, ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — The Roselle Park softball and tennis teams will look to end their seasons on a high note in their respective NJSIAA tournament outings this week. Monday, May 20 Boys Varsity Tennis Varsity vs. Jonathan Dayton High School, 4:00 p.m. Roselle Park High ...
NEWARK, NJ — The Livingston High School (LHS) boys track and field team recently began their championship season at Newark’s School Stadium 11 by competing in the Super Essex Conference, American Large School Division. Knowing that every point would matter, the team fought hard all day and scored ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ —Spring sports are nearing their end in Ridgewood, and the Board of Education and Village Council will meet. Monday, May 20 Spring Track & Field: Varsity Frosh Championships, 4:00 p.m. Ridgewood High School Board of Education Meeting, 7 p.m. Education ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — With the state championships rapidly approaching its conclusion, the Ridgewood boys lacrosse team squared off against the Summit Hilltoppers, to end the regular season at the summit of high school lacrosse. However, it was not to be. The Maroons posted their lowest scoring output ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Emia Carrazana, a member of South Plainfield High School’s (SPHS) Class of 2024, will continue her love for soccer this fall at Pace University as a member of the NCAA Division 2 Setters. “I am looking forward to branching out and experiencing new things,” said Carrazana, ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - The Fair Lawn High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee announced 10 individuals and two teams have been elected to the FLHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024. It will be the first induction since 2018 — a six-year pause due to the pandemic. The Class of 2024 will include ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The Lakeland High School baseball team strutted onto the turf field on Horseneck Road in Montville on Friday, May 17 as the recently crowned Passaic County Champion and ranked No. 20 in the most recent NJ.com New Jersey State High School Baseball Rankings. They left with a 10-6 loss ...
The NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 state baseball tournament will begin on Thursday, with South Brunswick and East Brunswick both playing their openers then. South Brunswick (13-12) has won seven of its last nine games, has been seeded fourth in the section and will host Freehold Township in the ...